1917-2006
Education: Chicago Institute of Design, U. of Oregon, U of Michacan-Mexico, studied under Andrew Vincent and David McCosh.
Collections: Portland Art Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum-London, U. of Oregon, OSU, Coos Art Museum, Hallie Ford Museum, Museum of People’s Art, Ford Motor Company, Georgia Pacific, Kaiser, Permanente, Salishan Lodge, Hurst Collection, Portland Chamber of Commerce.
Well known all over Oregon, Sandgren taught at Oregon State University for 38 years and lead groups of artists on one and two week on-site painting classes right up to his death. The majority of his art tended to focus on landscapes of the Willamette Valley and especially the Oregon coast, but he traveled widely painting in Latin America as well as Europe, having exhibits in western states and England.
Luckiamute River, oil, 36x16
Pathways Private Collection
Mill at Wren, oil, 51x39
Pathways Private Collection
Solitude, oil, 22x22
Pathways Private Collection
The Oregon Coast, print, 25 x 21
Pathways Original Print Collection
Two People, print, 18¾ x 15½
Pathways Original Print Collection